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    Very proud of my new chicks - piccie uploaded

    They are lavender Araucanas.
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    Very proud of my new chicks - piccie uploaded

    Just had to share this photo of my beautiful newly hatched chicks - 5 out of 6 hatched, so the biggest success rate I have had so far. They are just awesome little guys :-)
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    Sexing Araucanas question

    I have just hatched 5 lavender araucana chicks, they are the most beautiful little chickies I have ever seen :-) I am desperate to know if I have any hens...... does anyone know from experience if you can sex this breed by their wing feathers? I can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere...
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    Opinions on my birds please :-)

    Thanks - please could you tell me why the silkie looks like a girl? I have some other newly hatch silkie chicks so i would be interested to know what to look for later on. Thanks!
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    Opinions on my birds please :-)

    Hi everyone, here are some photos of my 9 week old chicks...... the top one is a pekin x polish, and the bottom one is a silkie. Would like some opinions on gender please - I am a complete novice, however the Polkin does look quite cockerel -like. No idea about the silkie. I couldn't get them to...
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    Chicks due to hatch today or tomorrow...vent hole question! Mini Eco

    There is a vent hole but it is not very visible - on mine if you look at the back of the unit so you have the power cable socket facing you, there is a small downwards facing hole by the round black but with the red wires running through it. You can tell from my lingo that I am a real techie...
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    Wrong end pips

    The little guy is still chirping away. I so hope he makes it. Number 2 has made a little more progress, and the initial pip was half way down the egg but it seems to be progressing towards the correct end so maybe this one is not back to front. Nothing from #3-6 yet :-(
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    Wrong end pips

    Thank you. The little guy with his beak out is still cheeping now and then, appears to stop for a little sleep every now and then too. Fingers crossed. Only 2 have pipped and both in the wrong place. I do hope I get some others that pip soon
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    Wrong end pips

    I have 6 eggs due to hatch today. 2 have pipped - both towards the wrong end. Will these guys be okay? One has its beek out and is cheeping. The other pip only just happened and is tiny. Very worried - have I done something wrong to make this happen? ANy advice on how to proceed much appreciated x
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    Help I can't count

    Doh! Thank you - at least I don't have to worry now as they are not really late yet. Kids are moaning though, we've been waiting in all weekend in case they hatch early and now I've had to tell them it won't be until tomorrow!
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    Help I can't count

    Okay, so I have been panicking all day because today is day 21 and no pips yet. Trying to fill the time by browsing the forums, and saw someone say that day 1 doesn't start until 24 hours AFTER you put the eggs in the incubator. Is this true? If so I am rather silly - and have blamed the fact...
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    21st day of incubation, few questions

    Ah what lovely pictures. I am anxiously awaiting my little hatchlings this evening/tomorrow.
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    Incubation question :-)

    Yes am in the UK. My incubator is so basic it has no humidity gauage, humidity is just controlled by filling either 1 or 2 chambers with water. I did try using a digital hygrometer last year but it was difficult to find a suitable place in the incubator for it, and the readings always seemed to...
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    Incubation question :-)

    Hello, this is my first post but I have been a "lurker" for a year or so. Last year I tried to hatch my own eggs twice - the first time was a disaster in that 8 out of 8 eggs started to hatch but appeared to my unskilled eye to not be progressing. One died in the shell, so I helped the others...
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